Month: September 2020
Bogart & Blue Circle
Humphrey Bogart enjoying the September 1944 issue of Blue Circle Comics (comic cover shown below)
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Are You Ready For Some Football?
All mythical football team by Burris Jenkins Jr. 1940
True Detective Mysteries, Nov, 1929
The Velvet Mask of the Green Hornet
Photo of Gordon Jones wearing a velvet mask instead of the leather one we see him wear in the Green Hornet serial. (as seen below)
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Strange Stories, Oct, 1940
301.129 mph
75 years ago, Sir Malcolm Campbell broke the 300 mph mark for the first time while driving the Blue Bird V at Daytona Beach. Florida.
The Blue Bird V, was powered by a 2,300 hp supercharged Rolls-Royce R V12. The 301.129 mph record held until November 1937 when British driver George Eyston driving Thunderbolt, achieving 312 mph.
The current record is 763.035 mph
Weird Tales, Jan, 1946
Edie at the Microphone
A couple of beautiful promotional shots of Lola Albright posing with a microphone for the show Peter Gunn.
True Detective Mysteries, March, 1930
